Device for marking positions of securing means for door and drawer pulls



Sept. 24, 1957 B. E. AXWELL 2,807,095

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United States Patent DEVICE FOR MARKING POSITIONS OF SECURING MEANS FORDOOR AND DRAWER PULLS Benson E. Maxwell, Kilgore, Tex.

Application April 12, 1956, Serial No. 577,836

8 Claims. (Cl. 33-189) This invention relates to a template or the likeand more particularly with a device for marking the correct positionsfor fasteners such as nails, bolts or screws used to secure door ordrawer pulls or handles in position.

As is generally known, a drawer or cabinet door pull or handle issecured in position by means of a pair of screws, and whether a singlepull or a pair of pulls is secured to the drawer or door, appearancerequires that accurate position as is required in the more modernfurniture.

Usually, the door or drawer pulls or handles are installed after thedoor or drawer has been painted or varnished. Measurements are made onthe door or drawer, as previously described, and when the positions forthe screws are located they are usually marked by a pencil. Througherrors of measurement and marking, it has been found that in manyinstances the pulls, when applied, fail to wholly conceal thepencilmarks and an attempt to erase a mark on a painted or varnishedsurface causes a dull gloss or discoloration, thereby possibly requiringa new finish on the door or drawer.

It is, accordingly, a primary object of this invention to provide adevice whereby the position of a pair of pull securing fasteners areaccurately located with respect to the edges of a drawer or door withoutthe use of rule measurement whereby the foregoing objections to thepresent practice are wholly overcome.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for accuratelymeasuring the positions of fasteners for door or drawer pulls withoutdiscolori-ng marks or the like.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a device wherebythe positions of the pull securing screws are located by indent-s notexceeding in diameter that of the screws by which the pulls or handlesare secured to the door or drawer whereby no marks can appear on thedrawer or door after the pull is secured in position.

A still further and more specific object of the invention is to providea device for the above noted purpose which includes a rectangular basetogether with gauged means for accurately positioning same on the faceof a door or drawer and wherein said base is provided with a pair ofdoor or drawer indenting punches which are adjustably supported relativeto the lengthwise center of the base.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a template devicefor marking the positions of door or drawer pulls or the like havingsimplicity of design, economy of construction and efficiency ofoperation.

The novel features that are considered characteristic of the inventionare set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The inventionitself, however, both as 2,807,095 Patented Sept. 24, 1957 ice to itsorganization and its method of operation, together with additionalobjects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from thefollowing description of a specific embodiment when read in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference charactersindicate like parts throughout the several figures and in which:

Fig. l is a view in perspective of a'template or marking device inaccordance with the present invention withportions disconnected andbroken away for clarity of illustration;

Fig. 2 is an elevational or plan view showing the marking devicepositioned on the face of a door or drawer for marking the positions ofa pair of pull securing screws,the door or drawer and the end gaugebeing broken and foreshortened;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view corresponding to theplane of line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view corresponding to the plane ofline 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the improved template ormarking device, in accordance with the present invention, comprises anelongated rectangular base 10 which is provided with a pair of slots 11(Figs. 2 and 3) disposed in the longitudinal vertical. plane thereof andwhich are equally spaced from the opposite ends and'the transversecenter thereof. Integral with and projecting from the outer side or faceof said base 10 is a box-like or channel member 12 extending lengthwiseof the base and which forms with the base 10 a longitudinal channel 13.The outer face of the member 12, opposite the base 10, is provided witha slot 14' which is narrower than the channel 13 and is restricted by apair of laterally disposed shoulders 14.

The box or channel member 12 terminates atits opposite end in lugs 15which are symmetrical to thecentral longitudinal vertical plane of thebase 10 and themember 12, and each such lug is provided with atransverse aperture 16 in which is adjustably supported a .gauged bar 17by means of a thumb screw 18. Each lug is further provided with a tappedaperture 19 in the end thereof, either of which is adapted to removablyreceive the threaded end 20 of a gauged rod 21. Corresponding ends 22 ofthe bars 17 are threaded for removable reception in internally threadedcollars 23 projecting from a side of a plate 24 which is engageable withthe upper edge of a drawer or door. The rod 21 is provided with a disk25 which is adjustably supported lengthwise thereof by a thumb screw 26and this disk 25 is adapted to engage a side edge of a drawer or door.

Slidably disposed within the channel 13 are apair of blocks 27, eachhaving a bore 28 whose corresponding ends communicate with said slots 11and a collar 29 concentric with the bore 28 and extending through saidchannel member slot 14. The blocks 27 are retained in the channel 13 bymeans of the shoulders 14. A working punch 30 is slidably supportedwithin each bore 28 and collar 29, each punch 30 being provided with apointed end 31 which is movable through the respective slot 11 in thebase 10 to provide an indent mark in a door or drawer on which the base10 is supported. Each punch 30 also includes a head 32 externally of thecollar 29 and on the end opposite the pointed end 31. r V

A coil spring 33 encircles the shank of each punch 30 with the oppositeends thereof reacting on said head 32 and on the outer end of the collaror cylindrical extension 29. As best shown in Fig. 3, the spring 33 issuch as to normally maintain the pointed end 31 of the punch outward ofthe door or drawer engaging surface of the base 10 to prevent marring ofsuch surface in the positioning and removing of the device. Each punch30 is further provided with an axially extending, diametrical slot 34through which extends a pin 35 whose opposite ends ex- 3 tend throughthe walls of the collar or cylindrical extension 29. The blocks 27,together with the punches 30, are uniformly adjustable toward and fromthe transverse center line C. L. (Fig. 2) of the base and box or channelmember 12 and which is preferably effected by means which will now hedescribed.

Plate-like links 36 are each provided with an aperture 37 adjacent oneend thereof which freely receives the collar or cylindrical extension 29of one block 27. The two links 36 are maintained on the respectivecollar or extension and in bearing engagement with the upper surface ofthe box or channel member 12 by means of the pins 35 which extendthrough the punch slots 34 and diametrically disposed apertures in thecollars 29. The

links 36 extend from the collars 29 toward each other and the adjacentends of the links 36, or those ends opposite the apertures 37, areconnected by pivots 38 to the underside of a lever 39 which is mountedcentrally of the box member 12. The lever 39 is pivotally connected to ablock 40 by means of a screw 46 and thumb nut 41 whose axis isperpendicular to and disposed in the center line C. L. The pivots 38 areequispaced from the axis of the lever pivot 46. The opposite ends of thelever 39 are transversely widened and laterally serrated, providingfinger grips 42 to facilitate manual adjustment of the lever 39 aboutits fulcrum 41.

As best shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the block 40 is centrally locatedwithin the box or channel member 12 by means of its ends extending intonotches 45 in the shoulders 14 of the channel member 12, and the blockmay be secured to the base 10 by a recessed screw 46 which is threadedlyengaged by the thumb nut 41. Upon removal of the thumb nut 41, lever 39and links 36, the blocks 27, and therewith the punches 30, may beinserted into or removed from the box member 12. As further indicated inFigs. 1 and 4, at least one end of the lever 39 is provided with adepending pointer 43 which is movable with said lever along an arcuatescale 44 on a side wall of the box or channel member 12, the scale 44being calibrated to indicate the distance between the punches 30,whereby the spacing of the punches may be readily ascertained andcorelated to the fasteners for the particular drawer or door pulls.

The improved device is shown in operative position in Fig. 2 wherein theplate 24 is resting on the upper edge of a drawer or door D and the disc25 is engaged with an edge of a drawer or door. At this point, it is tobe observed that the threaded portion of the spacer rod 21 may bepositioned in the bore 19 of either lug 15. By means of the guaged bars17, the base 10 may readily be positioned in the proper vertical heightfor the pulls or handles to be secured and by means of the guaged rod21, the base may be adjusted preparatory to the positioning of thedevice as shown in Fig. 2 and locked by means of the thumb screw 26.

When the device is to be used, the punches 3d are spaced in accordancewith the particular pulls or handles to be attached, the pull fastenersnormally having a spacing ranging between 2% inches and 3 /2 inches. Aswill be apparent from Fig. 2, clockwise movement of the lever 39 willmove the blocks 27, and therewith the punches 30, away from the centerline C. L. with an attendant greater spacing of the punches whilecounterclockwise movement of the lever 39 will move the blocks andpunches toward each other with an attendant lesser spacing of thepunches. As the lever 39 is pivoted, the spacing of the punches 30 isindicated by the pointer 43 registering with the scale 44. When theproper spacing is attained, the punches may be locked in positionbytightening the thumb nut 41 which clamps the lever 39 and binds thelinks 36 between the lever and the top of the channel member 12.

With the device positioned as shown in Fig. 2, it is necessary only totap thev heads 32 ofthe punches with a resulting denting of the door ordrawer at the proper positions for the screws and such dents provide forinitial driving of the screws which may otherwise damage the surface ofthe door or drawer. After the punching operation, the entire device maybe lifted off the door or drawer. In instances where several doors ordrawers of like dimension are being provided with similar'pulls orhandles, the device need be adjusted only once for all and placed as inFig. 2 on each successive door or drawer to be marked. Obviously, when apull has but a single fastener, only one of the punches is operated.

Although a certain specific embodiment of the invention has been shownand described, it is obvious that many modifications thereof arepossible. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted exceptinsofar as is necessitated by the prior art and by the spirit of theappended claims.

That which is claimed as new is:

l. A device for marking positions of securing means for a door or drawerpull, comprising a rectangular base having a face for positioning on adoor or drawer, an elongated member projecting from the side of the baseopposite said face and having a channel therein in symmertical relationto the longitudinal axis of the base, a pair of aligned slots in saidbase and respectively adjacent each end of the channel, a pair ofpunches supported by said member for adjustment longitudinally of thechannel, said punches being positioned perpendicular to said slots andbeing movable therethrough for forming indenting marks in the surface ofa door or drawer, means for simultaneously adjusting the puncheslongitudinally of the channel, yieldable means normally maintainingthepunches in retracted position beyond the face of said base engageablewith a door or drawer, and indexing means adjustably connected to saidmember and including means engageable with adjacent edges of the door ordrawer for predetermined location of the punches relatively to the edgesof the door or drawer.

2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein said means forsimultaneously adjusting said punches comprises a pair of elementsslidably supported in said channel and in each of which one of saidpunches is supported for axial movement, a block ridgidly supported bysaid member intermediate the opposite ends thereof and spanning saidchannel, a lever pivotally supported intermediate its ends on saidblock, and a link pivotally connecting each end of said lever with oneof said slidably supported elements.

3. The structure according to claim 2 wherein each of said pair ofslidably supported elements is provided with a cylindrical extension inwhich a respective punch is axially movable, said links having aperturesin their opposed ends receiving said extensions, a pin extended througheach extension immediately above the respective link for retaining thelinks on the respective extensions, each of said punches having anaxially extending diametrical slot through which the respective pinextends.

4. The structure according to claim 3 wherein each of said punchescomprises an impacting head externally of said extensions and a shankhaving a pointed end internally of said slidable elements, and saidyieldable means comprises a coil spring encircling the shank of eachpunch and biasing the pointed end within said base away from the faceengageable with the door or drawer.

5. The structure according to claim 2 wherein said lever is providedwith widened opposite ends having serrated edges for facilitating manualmovement thereof about its pivotal axis.

6. The structure according to claim 2 wherein said channel member isprovided with a scale on at least one side face thereof, and a pointeron said lever and movable over said scale for-indicating the distancebetween the axes of said punches.

7. The structure according to claim 1 wherein said indexing meanscomprises a bar extending normal to each end .of said channel. membersand adjustably secured thereto, and a plate removably secured to saidbars and engageable with an edge of a door or drawer.

8. The structure according to claim 7 wherein said indeXing meanscomprises a rod removably supported by one end of said member and havinga stop element adjust- 5 ably supported thereon and engageable with anadjacent edge of said door or drawer.

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